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Mary Landrieu: Until the year 2000, FEMA rebuilt what was there before storms, and a penalty was charged if you tried to improve the…

On the recordSeptember 24, 2012
Until the year 2000, FEMA rebuilt what was there before storms, and a penalty was charged if you tried to improve the structure.
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Mary Landrieu
Democratic · Louisiana

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Highlighting past FEMA policies that hindered disaster recovery improvements.

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